Canadians are responding in kind to the “Freedom Convoy” and growing in support of an end to COVID-19 restrictions.
QUICK FACTS:
- Fifty-four percent of Canadians want an end to all COVID-19 restrictions, according to the Angus Reid Institute.
- Public opinion is in a steep upward trajectory in support for an end to the mandates with 15% more Canadians supporting a decrease in restrictions since early January.
- Included in the report was the estimation that one in five households in the country have had at least one person test positive for COVID-19 since December 1, 2021, taking into account just the six weeks of December-mid January.
- The study supports the theory that the Omicron variant has peaked, as was reported by Global News on Jan. 28.
MORE ON CANADIANS COVID SITUATION:
- Canadians have taken to the streets in protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates, including the estimated 45-mile-long “Freedom Convoy” that has converged on the nation’s capitol.
- The downtown area of the Canadian capitol is echoing with honking horns near Parliament Hill, according to The Voice of America, as thousands protest mandates.
- The publication reported that some compared the COVID-19 restrictions to fascism made their determination to take back their freedoms known.
BACKGROUND:
- According to the Canadian government, currently, there is an advisory that discourages all non-essential travel outside of Canada regardless of vaccination status.
- Mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations began to be required in Canada last year, and frustration reached a boiling point near the holidays as plans for protests began to form.
